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On [CPUs] Want a Penryn processor crack open an apple!
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Wow! Fantastic! ... Going back to my Linux desktops.
8   dragonspra​yer 370 9094 Vertigon
05-16-2008 at 07:56 AM
On [CPUs] B3 Shipped! Fixes TLB (Techreport)
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'why do things gotta change'? Actually, that's quite sensible. Benches have shown that the two only areas where Barcelona kicks Core2's butt [...]
    SSS_DDK 18 1044 yipsl
03-05-2008 at 06:04 AM
On [CPUs] Is Phenom the worst CPU launch of all time?
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I didn't mean to say that Itanium was **** and unusable, merely that this 'x86 successor' rapidly fell into disuse - the original Itaniu [...]
4   wickedmons​ter 195 7469 wisecracke​r
09-24-2008 at 08:33 PM
On [CPUs] EU regulators Raid Intel in Germany!
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Back to the topic at hand... Most of you seem to have forgotten that in 2001, you either had the choice between a damn expensive, hot, an [...]
2   thunderman 89 3086 Hellboy
02-14-2008 at 11:22 PM
On [CPUs] Upgrading CPU in a cheap laptop?
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@BobWya: no CPUs are NO LONGER soldered onto mobos! That ended with Cyrix' chips! Both AMD and Intel chips have dedicated sockets for laptop [...]
    met_quota 11 414 BobWya
12-30-2007 at 08:40 AM
On [CPUs] Anandtech Phenom review is in
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I see lots of bashing going around. I would like to point out a few things though: - due to L3 cache, AMD processors shouldn't be as sens [...]
5   Epsilon84 210 6441 Thom457
11-29-2007 at 01:59 AM
On [CPUs] Is vista really that bad performancewise ?
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I had several brushes with Vista. My impressions? It restores itself from crashes much better than XP (a bit like Windows 98 was less unstab [...]
    Mosdapwn 23 1407 dariushro
05-26-2008 at 08:42 AM
On closed [CPUs] Big dissapointment about QUAD CORE.
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On the other hand, I once worked as a small hand in an all-purpose computer shop. There was the shop chief, The Boss, the Boss's Son, and a [...]
2   reflexus 77 2759 dobby
10-21-2007 at 03:06 PM
On [CPUs] Reusable CPU?
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...on an AMD system, all you have to look at is the socket. If your X2 4800+ is a socket939 (it uses DDR RAM only), then you may have troubl [...]
    antohnee 12 544 antohnee
10-19-2007 at 08:16 AM
On [CPUs] 64bit FTW
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I've been going the 64-bit way for a while now - it sure rocks to get a 20% performance boost for the price of a little RAM, even out of som [...]
    chookman 4 512 Scotteq
10-17-2007 at 02:42 PM
On [CPUs] > RegisterTscDrift() - AMD X2 problem
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That is no error; it indicates threads have registered successfully on both cores of the CPU. Now what is the actual problem?
    zott 3 619 g-paw
10-15-2007 at 11:31 PM
On [Sound Cards] My Sound Card Debacle
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I would like to point out that current inboard solutions, on quality mobos, have very low signal-to-noise ratio, often beating dedicated car [...]
    vicsable 6 710 Belinda
10-14-2007 at 12:08 AM
On [CPUs] unable to right-click text and save in IE all of a sudden
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Empty your browser cache. Reset browser parameters. Check that you have no 'toolbar' installed (spybot doesn't remove toolbars if those appe [...]
    krabby5 3 261 krabby5
10-13-2007 at 09:11 PM
On [Other Components] anyone know how to use superold pc?
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that's nowhere near old though; now, a 8088-based PC with 512 K of RAM, no hard disk, Hercules mono graphics, and 360K floppies, running MS- [...]
2   jhyukkang 81 2433 chrispyski
10-05-2007 at 09:11 AM
On [CPUs] AMD X2 5600+ Temperature.
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there is also the possibility of skewed thermal readings - and your CPU actually not going past 45°C (it's not rare to have a 10°C skew). A [...]
    trep- 16 2137 B-Unit
05-18-2008 at 07:50 PM
On [CPUs] Urgent help
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I had several machines with the same problem: - some were due to fried mobos, even when right out of their package, - others were due to [...]
    mario2008 17 406 joefriday
08-23-2007 at 02:18 AM
On [CPUs] Upgraded from 3700 single core to 4200 Dual Core Prob
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@jitpublisher: the system may detect the dual-core CPU. Trouble is, the 'driver' to load here isn't a simple driver, it's the whole NT kerne [...]
    tuksonride​r 9 556 tuksonride​r
08-17-2007 at 06:03 PM
On [CPUs] How many watts does a Playstation 2 use?
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As far as I know, the PS2 uses an external 'brick' adapter - find a new, local one: problem solved.
    ChaosGS 6 978 ALANMAN
07-23-2007 at 12:34 PM
On [CPUs] how do i know my cpu temperature?
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lmsensors - nearly all the sensors (fans, CPU temp...) on your system detected and added to your task bar. Whoops, sorry: Linux only. You e [...]
    alia83444 6 1656 koolaidkit​ten
07-21-2007 at 06:06 PM
On [CPUs] I can't see WHY the core 2 duo is superior to the turion X2
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I'd like to add something to AMD's defense here: in general use, especially programming and web browsing the CPU isn't taxed much. As such, [...]
    einKI 20 1727 MU_Enginee​r
07-19-2007 at 02:51 AM
On [CPUs] Old Celeron models better than new ones?
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I would second cpburns here - this 1.6 GHz Celeron blows the 2.8 model out of the water, especially here: the Netburst architecture SUCKS at [...]
    odedg 3 484 odedg
07-18-2007 at 11:19 AM
On [CPUs] Old school AMD athlon/Duron question
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standard answer in such cases: if it ain't broken, tweak it! However, if this machine is your main workhorse, leave it alone.
    Frankienyc​123 8 1105 tanooki200​3
07-11-2007 at 08:31 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Arrrgggg computer freezeing/restarting
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No problem. Remember that the PSU is not a 'dumb' piece of equipment anymore; it now contains sensitive electronics that condition the powe [...]
    lawrencesm​ith123 37 1449 lawrencesm​ith123
07-16-2007 at 10:51 PM
On [CPUs] Vcore flutter normal?
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Try making the warranty work, yes. Those cards usually carry year-long warranties at the very least, use it. If it has started showing off [...]
    sdrac 21 880 mitch074
07-10-2007 at 11:06 AM
On [CPUs] Opteron or Athlon 64 X2 ??
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X2s on s939 came in 512 and 1024 Kb L2 cache versions per core (3800+ has 512kb, 4000+ has 1024kb); Optys came in 1024 Kb models only (the 1 [...]
    blashyrkh 35 3266 Dahak
07-07-2007 at 01:59 PM
On [CPUs] Please please can i have expert help!! :(
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in short: your PSU can't deliver the wattage it's rated for (maybe your computer pulled on a line that the other doesn't tax, and said line [...]
    m3ch 46 2141 arthurjose
07-03-2007 at 07:00 AM
On [CPUs] X2 6000+ Energy Efficient 65watt
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Maybe if AMD fancied doing a X2 in 45 nm... 65 nm at that clock speed would go over 65 W, except on the best of breed, undervolted cores (on [...]
    miro84 13 1368 turpit
07-02-2007 at 09:18 AM
On [CPUs] Best Pic of Barcelona I have seen yet...
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Since AMD has developped all its CPU since the K7 with a crossbar system (in the K7's case however, it was always stuck on a single core), y [...]
    RichPLS 34 4317 Technology​Coordinato​r
06-04-2007 at 04:50 AM
On [CPUs] Overclocked CPU lifetime?
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As a matter of fact, a well-cooled x2 3800+ can be overclocked a nice deal; coupled with dual channel RAM and a slick OS, it just kicks as [...]
2   FH 51 5460 mitch074
05-31-2007 at 02:36 PM
On [Sound Cards] Sound Blaster 16 card requirement for old Wn95 tutorial CD
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those are probably the required files. You need to unpack them (the 'expand' command can do that for you, you should get a .drv, a .dll and [...]
    greynold 21 1048 greynold
05-31-2007 at 02:57 PM
On [Sound Cards] No driver for Windows Vista?
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for me, the choice is clear: I'm now under Linux 64-bit. All the visual goodies without the price tags (software and newer hardware) nor the [...]
    Farhang 8 1934 HYST3R
05-23-2007 at 07:34 PM
On [CPUs] Is it possible a CPU for 3D Rendering
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The Cell processor is a step towards creating a hybrid CPU/GPU; it is very good at computing loads of floating point operations very fast - [...]
    srgess 16 1253 Apache_liv​es
05-08-2007 at 01:16 PM
On [CPUs] Amd single core to dual core upgrade, do I need to reinstall
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the MS hotfix has no incidence on multithreaded apps that are not threadsafe. Several games fall into that category.
    ericspc 23 6718 rolli59
12-28-2007 at 10:03 PM
On [CPUs] DX10 Demo
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Maybe once Google Summer of Code is over we'll have a worthy DX10 translation layer in the Wine project... Just imagine, DX10 gaming on Linu [...]
    srgess 10 2297 mitch074
04-30-2007 at 12:21 PM
On [CPUs] the best 200 bucks i ever spent...
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The CPU helped, that's for sure. Add the fact that the CG probably got a boost from finally using AGP 8X instead of 4X (crappy mobos can't h [...]
    eregular 26 3713 eregular
04-28-2007 at 06:22 AM
On [CPUs] Gravity indeed does warp space and time? Einstein Prediction
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I haven't read the whole thread; it's gone way off computer-related topics. I'd like to add some data to put things into perspective: - [...]
5   RichPLS 227 13208 ches111
04-30-2007 at 08:10 PM
On [Network Interface Cards] On-board ethernet or no?
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As I said, onboard and 'simple' PCI ethernet cards are the same: they do all the ethernet protocol and TCP/IP protocol stuff in the driver - [...]
    ImmortalDr​agon 3 917 Mitch074
04-22-2007 at 11:28 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Any recommendations on a silent 120mm case fan?
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funny, I didn't see the Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 12. Its problem is that it can only be mounted as exhaust - because the fan has reduced v [...]
    tom_and_je​rry 29 2400 Stefx
04-16-2007 at 07:48 PM
On [CPUs] The Gigahertz Battle: How Do Today's CPUs Stack Up?
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oh, I do know how to automate a bench. It's just that most GUI softwares don't provide scripting, requiring supervisors to be automated, whi [...]
3   pschmid 131 20469 sirrobin4e​ver
04-16-2007 at 05:47 AM
On [CPUs] 300 discussion: Mods please move to off topic forum
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Battle of Thermopyles? Yup, had that one in class - second year of junior high, Greek antiquity. It is difficult to say for certain about [...]
    Wombat2 32 1820 BaronMatri​x
03-23-2007 at 06:33 PM
On [CPUs] Games just don't uses multiple CPU cores?
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Well, hopefully that's what DOSbox is about... anyway, considering today's raw power, even an AMD Sempron 2600+ should be able to emulate a [...]
3   V8VENOM 131 11708 hergieburb​ur
03-25-2007 at 09:14 AM
On [CPUs] how to check in windows if my processor is 64bit or 32bit
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Let's just add that most consumer OSes out there are 32-bit for now; Vista 64-bit does exist, but not only is it bereft of drivers, WoW64 do [...]
    mjall 6 2634 Mitch074
02-21-2007 at 11:10 AM
On [CPUs] Advanced Micro Devices May Be Acquired – Analyst
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The thing is, AMD has been promoting system modularity; Fusion, as such, is an interesting concept: no more need to program a bus, you just [...]
6   bassin 287 18772 baldeagle
02-21-2007 at 08:30 PM
On [CPUs] Socket 754 processor in a Socket A motherboard?
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You want him to stop talking mombo jombo or what?
    Don-B 43 3418 apache_liv​es
02-22-2007 at 03:55 AM
On [CPUs] -Linux vs Windows-
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I second that: I had a hard time identifying the Chinese-made webcam my wife pulled out of a carboard box, and of course, no way to find a C [...]
4   m25 164 8413 Simonetti
02-15-2007 at 03:22 PM
On [CPUs] What was your first CPU ?
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First PC used: Commodore PC-1, Intel 8088, 512 Kb of RAM extended to 640K, single 5.25" doudble sided double density floppy drive, Her [...]
6   spree 277 12455 hollett
02-11-2007 at 01:44 AM
On [Sound Cards] How much do you need to spend on a sound card??
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the isolation will actually depend on the board design; a basic PCI card may be less sensitive to some interferences, but a well designed mo [...]
    Maverick7 16 1492 fredgiblet
01-23-2007 at 12:30 AM
On [CPUs] Black Heat Sinks- Better?
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I dunno, are carbon crystals good heat conductors? Because that's all a diamond is... I'm not sure what would happen to a perfect black b [...]
2   Whizzard99​92 82 4666 Whizzard99​92
01-18-2007 at 04:47 PM
On [CPUs] Pentium D 830 overclocking automatically!
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the best overclock is the one you don't have to think about. It seems yours falls into that category.
    Natarian 9 1152 Mitch074
01-17-2007 at 04:55 PM
On [CPUs] Intel following AMD's Blunder
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depends on the structure of the carburator, and the compression provided by the turbo... Joke apart, XP runs better on a dual core than i [...]
2   kmjohnso 77 9397 joe_momma
01-30-2007 at 08:59 AM
On [CPUs] I really hate AMD's move now...
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I think you meant to say that AM3 cpu will work in AM2+ mobo - not 'vanilla' AM2. It's been a while since I haven't changed the mobo alon [...]
2   qcmadness 61 7662 Mr_Speedy
01-15-2007 at 12:12 PM
On [CPUs] please help, socket 940?
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Actually, design-wise s939 and AM2 CPUs are very similar - it's just that since the RAM controller for the former does only DDR1 and the lat [...]
    000x 12 853 gOdMan
12-22-2006 at 03:06 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] The future of Mac?
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I don't agree: Windows softwares change design and shortcuts from one app to the other quite drastically, even amongst products from the sam [...]
    69camaroSS 34 1899 mitch074
12-22-2006 at 02:27 PM
On [CPUs] Intel's marketing - No Celeron
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Celeron got a bad rap because it was, indeed, very often very crippled at factory settings. Those cripplings were: - much less L2 cache - [...]
3   Whizzard99​92 120 7529 Whizzard99​92
12-26-2006 at 06:33 PM
On [CPUs] AMD CPU Identification #
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The first PR rating was used by Cyrix in the 150/166+ time (it reflected a Pentium's integer unit capabilities). AMD tentatively used it wit [...]
    Bache 6 833 mitch074
12-18-2006 at 12:07 PM
On [CPUs] I think i just broke my AMD x2 5200, 8O need conf or ideas
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I don't think Vista has anything to do with a corrupted BIOS screen. What I think though, is that the mobo itself may not have taken kindly [...]
    exodeus 22 3569 CompTIA_Re​p
12-08-2006 at 03:41 PM
On [CPUs] What makes HyperTransport so much better than the FSB?
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errr... a single data line is 64 bit wide (has been since the i586, which required paired 32-bit FPM/EDO modules)), so bus width is 128bit f [...]
    evilr00t 19 1628 mitch074
11-27-2006 at 04:46 PM
On [CPUs] Shall I upgrade my system or buy new one?
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Or you could go the dual disk way: one small, fast HD (10,000 RPM, 16Mb cache, 80 Gb) for the system, one bigger, 'slower' HD for the apps - [...]
    NABHA 26 1918 RyanMicah
11-27-2006 at 03:49 PM
On [Other Components] AGP 1.0 and 2.0
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basically a lot of eye candy - but some features can actually augment productivity, on top of general smoothness added - which makes using w [...]
    Agent 10 1708 slim142
11-23-2006 at 06:26 PM
On [CPUs] X2 4400 beats the 6600 conroe in gaming test!
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X2 @70$ was probably second-hand dropped from a truck's back... it may still work though, had I found mine for a similar price I would ha [...]
3   I_Love_Tac​os 135 12023 Jake_Barne​s
11-23-2006 at 02:58 AM
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